Protecting-sleeve for posts and poles.



c. e. ETTE.

PEOTECTING SLEEVE FOR POSTS AND POLES.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 4, 1908.

witnesses Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

Charles G. Ebbe bYQ//mufuwag Ahbw'e.

.CHARLES e. ETTE,

UNITED sTATEs 'PATENT oEErcE.

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ETTE INVESTMENT COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

PROTECTING-SLEEVE FOR POSTS AND POLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1908.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

Serial No. 430,769.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, CHARLES G. ETTE, a

` citizen lof lthe United States, residing at St.

Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Protecting- Sleeves for Postsr and Poles, of wl'vich tlie following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich Figure .is a vertical sectional view of a protectingsleeve constructed in accordance with my invention arranged in operativeposition on a pole g Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved protecting sleeve.

This invention relates to devices that are used for protecting and strengthening the portions of post and poles, particularly metal poles, which are embedded in ground.

The main object of my invention is to provide a device for the purpose described which can be formed from cast metal and wlich presents a neat and ornamental appearance.

Referring t`o the drawings which illustrate the preferred form of my invention, l and 2 designate two semi-cylindrical-shaped sections that coperate with each other to form a sleeve which can be sli ped down over the lower end of a post or pol)e A that is embedded in the ground B so as to strengthen the post and prevent it from rusting or rotting away. Said sleeve is preferably of great enoughdiameter to permit some preserving substance O such, for example, as a com osition containing sulfur, to be packed etween the exterior' of the pole and the interior of the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 1. This sleeve is adapted to be applied to posts that are in use; namely, osts that are embedded in the round, and t 'erefore it is necessary to form t e sleeve in sections as herein shown so th at it can be arranged in position.

The sections 1 and 2 are provided on their edges with cooperating semicylindricalshaped flanges 3 and 4, respectively, and the flanges 3 on the section 1 are interposed between the flanges 4 on the section 2 and are dis osed oppositely to said flanges, as shown in iff. 3.

ThtiJ section 1 is provided at one end with a pair of` cylindrical-shaped lugs 5, and at the opposite end of the section 2 is a pair of cylindrical-shaped lugs 6. Fasteningv devices, preferably long rods 7 pass through these coperating cylindrical-shaped lugs and semi-cylindrical-shaped flanges for connecting the sections 1 and 2 together. The rods 7 are provided at their upper ends with heads 7u which rest on the lugs 5, and the lower ends of said rods are bent laterally at 7b, as shown in Fig. 3, after the rods have been placed in position, to prevent said rods from being pulled upwardly out of the coperating lugs and flanges on said sections. It will be obvious, however, that nuts, keys, or any other suitable fastening devices could be used for preventing the rods 7 from being removed.

The sections 1 and 2 are formed of cast metal, preferably malleable iron, and the flanges 8 and 4 are so shaped that cores are not needed to form them in the casting operation, the only cores that are used in producing the device being those that form the openings in the cylindrical-shaped lugs 5 and 6.

Another advantage of a construction of this character is that one pattern can be used to form both of the sections 1 and 2, thus reducing the cost of manufacturing the device. Furthermore, it is not necessary to match the sections up in airs for any two sections will cooperate with each other to produce a complete sleeve. Devices of this character are usually arranged in the position shown in Fig. 1, the upper portion of the device projecting above the ground line. Therefore, it is desirable that a device of this character should not have any sharp projections or flanges above the ground line that a person might trip on or that would catch and tear a persons clothes. My improved device is free from sharp projections that might cause damage as the lugs and flanges on the sections project only a slight distance from said sections and have no sharp corners.

My improved device is neat and ornamental and as it can be produced at a very low cost it forms a very desirable protecting sleeve for posts and poles that are embedded in the ground.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A protecting sleeve for poles, consisting of two semi-circular-shaped members formed of cast metal and provided at certain intervals with integral semi-circularshaped flanges that project laterally from the longitudinal edges of said members so as to receive longitudinally extending fastening devices, the flanges on one member being staggered relatively to the flanges on the other member and the fianges on both members being open at one side so that they can becast without using cores; substantially as described.

2. A protecting sleeve for poles, consisting of twor malleable iron sections that form a sleeve when they are placed together, integral open hook-shapedlianges on the eisfis longitudinal edges of said sections, the anges on one section being arranged staggered relatively to the flanges on the other section and also in longitudinal alinement therewith, integral perforated lugs on the upper end of one section and on the lower end of the other section, and rods extending through said lugs and flanges to connect the sections together; substantially as described. In testimony whereof l hereunto afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this twenty-ninth day of April 1908.

CHARLES G. ETTE. Witnesses:

WALTER CLARENCE RAITHEL, EDWARD ScHwIDDE. 

